Español I
JE#____
Me llamo____________
A definite article is a word that refers to something specifically. It goes before a noun. In
English, the is the ONLY definite article.
Examples: Give me the book. Put the pens on the table.
He is the teacher.
Notice it makes no difference if we are talking about one thing or more than
one thing, to specifically identify something (s) in English, we use the:
the book, the pens, the pencil, the flags, the teachers, the cars……..
NOT so in Spanish!!!!!!!!!!! There are ______ ways to say THE in Spanish.
This is because Spanish is an AGREEABLE language…Everything (nouns & adjectives & articles)
MUST AGREE (be the same, look alike, get along, etc)
HOW do they agree???????? Nouns/adjectives/articles agree in two ways/areas:
GENDER: masculine
NUMBER: singular
1.
2.
3.
4.
or
(♥)
feminine
or
plural
For masculine and singular nouns (libro, profesor, bolígrafo, etc.),
For feminine and singular nouns (pluma, televisión, tiza, etc.),
For masculine and plural nouns (escritorios, meseros, papeles),
For feminine and plural nouns
(criadas, grapadoras, puertas),
( ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥)
use_______to say “the”.
use _______to say “the”.
use_______to say “the”.
use_______to say “the”.
Definite articles (the) in Spanish
Singular (the)
Plural (the)
Masculine
el
los
Feminine
la
las
5. Write the correct definite article before each noun:
a.________ libro
________libros
b.________cuaderno
________cuadernos
c.________pluma
________plumas
d.________grapadora
________grapadoras
e.________escritorio
________escritorios
g.________borrador
________borradores
6. Translate these phrases into Spanish:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The male cashier __________________
The female cashier __________________
The male cashiers __________________
The female cashier __________________
e. The male waiter
f. The female waiter
g. The male waiters
h. The female waiters
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